So I pulled the trigger, I got fed up with the nvdlskdlaskdsaj.dll stopped responding and sometimes random artifacts in games on my 8800GTX. And trust me, I tried everything, my last step was to watercool the 8800GTX with temperatures NEVER above 45C.

Only time I had "weird artifacting" with my 8800 GTX was when I was trying to OC it. If I left it stock it worked fine. But yeah, you will see a nice increase with an HD 4870. I got similar results when I went from an 8800 GTX to a GTX 260.

XFX 780i Original Owner 5 Years Running(No wonder it has a Lifetime Warranty)

Cooling:

Xigma AIO Water+Rad(Need and Upgrade PM ME!)

Memory:

GSkill 1000

Video Card(s):

Galaxy GTX 550ti 2GB

Hard Disk(s):

2 WD Caviar Black 750GB Raid 0

Optical Drive:

It reads It writes and its only 7 months old

LCD/CRT Model:

ACER 20"

Case:

Ultra X-Blaster

Sound Card:

Should I use a dedicated one?

Power Supply:

PC Power & Cooling 1K - Bought the same day as my 780i December 2007

Well considering a ps3 uses about 380w I wouldn't consider 265w gluttonous but when you throw cpu ram hd disk drive HIGH POWER LEDS fans pumps etc. It gets outta control but if you wanna run Crysis 17 u gotta do it until they go back to 8 bit games.